/*
* This file is part of JGAP.
*
* JGAP offers a dual license model containing the LGPL as well as the MPL.
*
* For licencing information please see the file license.txt included with JGAP
* or have a look at the top of class org.jgap.Chromosome which representatively
* includes the JGAP license policy applicable for any file delivered with JGAP.
*/
package org.jgap.impl;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import org.jgap.*;
/**
* Ordered container for multiple genes.
* Has the same interface as a single gene and could be used accordingly.
* Use the addGene(Gene) method to add single genes (not CompositeGenes!) after
* construction, an empty CompositeGene without genes makes no sense.
* Beware that there are two equalities defined for a CompsoiteGene in respect
* to its contained genes:
* a) Two genes are (only) equal if they are identical
* b) Two genes are (seen as) equal if their equals method returns true
*
* This influences several methods such as addGene. Notice that it is "better"
* to use addGene(a_gene, false) than addGene(a_gene, true) because the second
* variant only allows to add genes not seen as equal to already added genes in
* respect to their equals function. But: the equals function returns true for
* two different DoubleGenes (e.g.) just after their creation. If no specific
* (and hopefully different) allele is set for these DoubleGenes they are seen
* as equal!
*
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @author Audrius Meskauskas
* @since 1.1
*/
public class CompositeXGene
implements Gene {
/** String containing the CVS revision. Read out via reflection!*/
private final static String CVS_REVISION = "$Revision: 1.19 $";
/**
* This field separates gene class name from
* the gene persistent representation string.
* '*' does not work properly with URLEncoder, so I have changed it to '#'
*/
public final static String GENE_DELIMITER = "#";
/**
* Represents the heading delimiter that is used to separate genes in the
* persistent representation of CompositeGene instances.
*/
public final static String GENE_DELIMITER_HEADING = "
/**
* Represents the closing delimiter that is used to separate genes in the
* persistent representation of CompositeGene instances.
*/
public final static String GENE_DELIMITER_CLOSING = ">";
/**
* This field separates the gene label from the gene persistent representation
* string.
*/
public final static String GENE_LABEL_DELIMITER = "
